Interim Housing & Project Manager (12 Months)

ZipRecruiter; Branston; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as an Interim Housing & Project Manager to lead services that make a difference in people's lives and support communities. This leadership role involves managing housing strategies and fostering relationships with stakeholders, ensuring regulatory compliance, and championing continuous improvements in service delivery.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Up-to-date knowledge of housing provision and legislation.
• Extensive experience in stakeholder relationships.
• Proven track record in managing teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead Housing Directorate and develop effective policies.
• Collaborate with teams for service improvement.
• Manage budgets and drive efficiency in resources.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Experience in Housing Management

Job description

Job Description

Interim Housing & Project Manager (12 Months) Burton upon Trent Circa £60,000 per annum 37 hours per week Benefits include company pension scheme, private healthcareIf you care about helping people, join us in transforming lives, homes and communities. We are driven to make a difference to people's lives and reduce homelessness in our region. By providing affordable homes and a wide range of supporting services we enable people and communities to thrive.We are looking for an Interim Housing & Project Manager to support the Head of Housing in making a significant and effective contribution to the organisation, ensuring that it is well positioned to achieve its vision, current and future business, operational plans and performance targets.

This is a leadership role, both within our Housing Directorate and operating across and the wider organisation, shaping and driving excellent housing management services, best practice, with the value of meaningful customer feedback to drive improvements. Delivering the Groups strategies that underpin our Housing and Specialist Accommodation services to achieve outstanding standards of service, maximise income and make a lasting difference to our customers and communities.You will also be required to: Lead all of Housing, including collaborative working with our Assets and Customer Engagement Teams.Anticipate and meet regulatory requirements and changes relevant to the services.Report regularly to the Head of Housing and Senior Leadership Team on project and service performance. Lead on the development of related policies and procedures.Ensure effective and robust arrangements are in place for customer scrutiny of our services and they can challenge, monitor, influence and add value.Develop and maintain effective and productive working relationships with wide ranging stakeholders such as Local Authorities, Social Services, providers of care and support, voluntary and statutory groups.Support in project and change management, customer and community initiatives.

Ensure that all projects are carried out in a timely manner, with a framework for implementation.Support the Head of Housing to achieve our voids target.Ensure Board members have sufficient information and knowledge for the requirements from the Regulator of Social Housing.Lead the Consumer Standard gap analysis and implementation of areas for improvement e.g. ASB Policy, Hate Crime Policy, Good Neighbourhood Management policy development.Be a positive, senior professional and effective role model, taking responsibility for recruiting, inspiring, motivating, retaining, change, flexibility, coaching and support.Ensure that we can demonstrate continuous improvement in optimising resources, value for money, efficiency and social responsibility. Managing budgets within guidelines.The successful candidate will have: The post holder will have up to date experience and professional knowledge about the provision of Housing in multi tenure environments, legislation and technical developments to ensure they are able to advise the organisation.The post holder will have extensive experience of developing and maintaining relationships with a broad range of people, at all levels, whilst evidencing that they can add value to the organisation.A strong communicator that inspires and motivates internal and external audiences.A strong track record in managing teams, including off-site workers, providing a breadth of excellent housing and tenancy management services.The post holder will have experience of developing and delivering relevant policies, procedures and strategies.To demonstrate the appropriate calibre for a senior management post and can keep abreast of the challenges of the professional areas managed.The closing date for applications is6th June 2025 We welcome applications from all members of the community.TPBN1_UKTJ